ramp up
To make something bigger, faster, or more powerful — usually doing it gradually but with clear intention.
Meanings
To increase something, such as production, pressure, or spending, steadily and significantly.
"The factory ramped up production to meet the surge in demand."
"We need to ramp up testing dramatically."
— Donald Trump, White House Briefing, March 2020
To intensify rhetoric, conflict, or pressure in a deliberate and escalating way.
"Both sides ramped up their rhetoric ahead of the election."
(Intransitive) To increase or grow in intensity, speed, or scale.
"Hiring ramped up significantly in the second quarter of the year."
Very common in business, politics, and news media. Often used for production, pressure, effort, or spending. Can be transitive ('they ramped up production') or intransitive ('production ramped up'). Increasingly common in everyday speech.
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